Borderlands 2 is a game that lives by its co-op—it's fun to play the game solo, but it's even more fun to play with friends. It's even more fun to play with a friend in the same room.

The PC version of the game is truly fantastic, with great graphics, snappy load-times, a ton of tweakable options and a much-improved interface. But it doesn't allow for split-screen co-op—if you wanted to play with friends, you had to do it online. Well, until now.

I haven't tried this, as I mostly live a sad and solitary video game life, but the whole thing looks viable, if a bit hacky. Given the way that Steam's big-picture mode has made PC gaming more of a living-room thing, it'd be great to see more and more PC games offering split-screen gaming right out of the box, just like their console brethren. Soon, I'm sure. Until then, where there's a will, there's a way.